#Cordoba :No Trace Of Ruth And Jóse - Father Remains The Prime Suspect

Six months without Ruth and José, Córdoba's missing children By: thinkSPAIN , Friday, April 6, 2012

NO trace of Ruth and José, the two infants who disappeared while playing in a Córdoba park with their father, has been seen in six months and all search parties have come home empty-handed, authorities revealed this weekend. Ruth, six, and two-year-old José literally vanished into thin air on October 8 last year and, although the river near the city-centre park was dragged and their paternal grandparents' garden and home searched, they have not been found. Their mother, Ruth Ortiz, who lives with the children in Huelva, has already testified, as has their father. The father, José Bretón, remains prime suspect, but no evidence has been found to incriminate him. Judge in charge of the case, José Luis Rodríguez Laín, who remanded Bretón in custody on October 21, maintains that the children were never in the Cruz Conde park in the city in the first place. This is the view held by Ruth Ortiz, since she claims Bretón did not call her to tell her of the children's disappearance until 05.00hrs the following morning. She has been clamouring ever since for her ex-husband to 'tell the truth' about the infants' whereabouts, and has also been in contact with his brother and sister, Rafael and Catalina, believing they may hold information leading to finding the children. Ruth Ortiz is also said to have formally reported Bretón for 'psychological abuse' during their marriage, namely 'insults and humiliation', although there is said to have been no domestic violence involved. Laín and the prosecution service believe Ruth and José's father to be guilty of false imprisonment, or kidnap, of the kids whose mother had custody of them. They have tracked his mobile telephone calls and photographs taken on his handset, which they claim do not coincide with his version of events. Source : Think Spain